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Sub-national governance in changing times
2nd December 2010Nick Hope
Senior Researcher, NLGN
www.nlgn.org.uk
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New Local Government Network (NLGN) is committed to promoting the decentralisation of power, public service reform, enhancing local governance and empowering communities.
www.nlgn.org.uk
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KeyFormal Accountability (thicker line = stronger accountability)
Relationships / collaboration / informal influence
Accountability & Influence
Citizens
Whitehall
Parliament
Local government
Delivery
agency
Delivery agency
Intermediary body (e.g.
PCT)
ALB
Delivery
agency
Councils are heavily influenced by total place
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But the coalition is devolving in order to build a bigger society
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KeyFormal Accountability (thicker line = stronger accountability)
Relationships / collaboration / informal influence
Significant change to status quo
Accountability &Influence
Citizens
Whitehall
Parliament
Local government
Intermediary body (e.g.
PCT)
Communities Communiti
es
Delivery agency
Elected Commiss-
ioner
Delivery agency
Delivery agency
Communities
ALB
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Negative localism: freedom from interference
Positive localism: the power and resources to
fulfil potential
Does the coalition pass the Isaiah Berlin test?
Positive liberties:
1. Community-based budgets?
2. TIF
3. Business rates
Negative liberties:
1. Abolishing CAA
2. Removing ringfencing
3. Incentives to set 0% council tax
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The greatest negative liberty of all
Local Government Core Funding Reductions
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Some will be hit harder than others
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Making own positive localism
“What if this is it?”, Local Authority Chief Executive
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LEPs must ensure that we target investment more strategically
Strategic planning – housing, waste, energy, transport and economic development could all benefit from LEPs:
•Joint lobbying of Whitehall – joint voice of LAs and business
•Fast-tracking of the development management process
•Planning intelligence and ensuring integration with economic plan/assessment
•Removing pipeline blockages – for economically important planning applications
•Leading strategic policy frameworks and developing comprehensive infrastructure plans
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We should still push for LEP powers
Centralisation:
•Key sector development
•Inward investment
•Work programme
•Skills commisioning or at least steer of investment
These are key economic drivers and should be made available to LEPs – many LEPs put these in their bids (skill was key “ask” and yet LEPs and LAs cut out of Skills Strategy from BIS a couple of weeks ago).
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Mechanisms to achieve Devolution to LEPs?
•“Right to bid” and double devolution – on statutory footing?
•Who should decide? Vested institutional self-interest and need for neutral arbiter.
•Also opportunities through greater financial autonomy– business rate localisation – to have more economic focus
•Also opportunities for mayors to win powers for cities and city-region LEPs- new powers to incentivise successful referenda promised by Whitehall – what should these be?
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New Local Government Network (NLGN) is committed to promoting the decentralisation of power, public service reform, enhancing local governance and empowering communities.
www.nlgn.org.uk